Key scientific questions and key investigations from the first international conference on martian phyllosilicates

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Poulet, François ^a   Beaty, David W ^b   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^a   Bish, David ^c   Bishop, Janice L ^d   Noe Dobrea, Eldar ^b   Mustard, John F ^e   Petit, Sabine ^f   Roach, Leah H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Mars; Mineralogy; Phyllosilicates; Prebiotic chemistry; Space exploration

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROCLIMATE;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; METEOROIDS; MINERALS;

EID: 68249141899     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0335     Document Type: Article

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